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Dinosaur teeth are best known for their bite, yet new research says they also stored a chemical snapshot of prehistoric air. By probing that record, scientists have rebuilt carbon dioxide levels and plant productivity for the age of dinosaurs with a detail once thought impossible. The study comes from Dr. Dingsu Feng and colleagues at the University of Göttingen, the …

In a remarkable discovery following recent flooding, ancient dinosaur footprints that had been hidden beneath layers of Texas soil for millions of years were revealed. According to a report from ABC News, the tracks were uncovered in Northwest Travis County, Texas, after floodwaters swept away sediment and brush, bringing the prints to light. This unprecedented find allows paleontologists to gain …

Floods unearth dinosaur tracks in Sandy Creek area  KVUE Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods  KUT Dinosaur tracks may have been uncovered by Independence Day floods in Central Texas  KXAN Austin Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods  MySA Volunteer helping residents after devastating flooding uncovers possible dinosaur tracks  WWNY Source link

Several massive, three-toed footprints etched in limestone were discovered near Big Sandy Creek during cleanup after the July 5 flood. Some of the dinosaur tracks were hidden by brush; others had been covered in sediment that was scoured away by floodwaters. “It’s one of those sort of bittersweet things about our job, is that it’s the cataclysmic events that often …

Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods  MySA Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods  KUT Dinosaur tracks may have been uncovered by Independence Day floods in Central Texas  KXAN Austin PHOTOS: Possible Acrocanthosaurus tracks found near Big Sandy Creek  KVUE Dinosaur tracks found by flood recovery volunteers  Axios Source link

Alabama Museum of Natural History Director Dr. John Friel recently found an unusual surprise in the waters of Aliceville’s Shark Tooth Creek. The discovery has been identified as “a very rare, 84 million-year-old hadrosaur dinosaur tooth,” according to a Facebook post from the museum. And while Shark Tooth Creek is known for its fossilized bounty, this particular find gave Friel …

Their Last Love Token: A Dinosaur Rebuilt From Its Excavated Bones  The New York Times Source link

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world’s prehistoric climate. By studying an isotope of oxygen in the fossils to infer atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, a team led by geochemist Dingsu Feng of the Georg August University of Göttingen in Germany has reconstructed the very air …

In a groundbreaking discovery from Patagonia, Astigmasaura genuflexa, a previously unknown species of rebbachisaurid sauropod, was unearthed by paleontologists. This new species offers invaluable insights into sauropod evolution during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically around 95 million years ago. The fossil was found in the El Orejano locality of the Huincul Formation, located in the Neuquén Basin of Argentina. According …

Roughly 76 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs left a trail of footprints that reveals different species may have walked together – and been stalked together, too. An international team of paleontologists discovered the trackways preserved in ironstone at Canada’s Dinosaur Provincial Park. This area is known for its remarkable fossil specimens, but these are the first good …